We blew the records out of the water. It was the coldest morning yesterday, ever since they started keeping records of the temperature.

It feels downright balmy today at -13C.

I do like seeing your grass peeking through Prairie Rose. Can you show me some of your cattle too? :-)

oooh, that's not good, BLF. I remember a few years ago when we had an extra-ordinarily warm March and all the apple trees bloomed. A cold spell came in of course, as usual, and froze all the blossoms. There were few apples that year.

And I think of all the snow that NB got this year!

Since we moved here in 1975, we never had a spring freeze destroy the apple crop until about seven years ago. Since then it has happened four times. So disappointing! Last year only the Golden Delicious produced any apples. I think the Winesap had only two apples on the tree, and the others had none. Hoping for a good crop this year.

I just about give up on my apples, and then I get a bumper crop. Seems like every other year or so, the blossoms freeze off, no fruit sets, and then the next year it is gorgeous and tons of apples. I've just learned to roll with the punches on that one.

I do feel for anyone who's livelihood is affected by adverse weather, though. Ski hills around the Banff area are feeling the lack of snow situation as well as on the West coast. People with livestock, and especially rotten weather around calving season, those with market gardens who lose their crops to late frost in the spring, and early frost in the fall. Even in the 21 century, we are still held hostage to Mother Nature.

Alisande, and others, this has nothing to do with the weather, but has anyone seen any posts by Ninapearl? I was wondering about her and I haven't seen anything since last December. I hope she is ok.

I haven't, but I don't recognize the name. Don't remember seeing her at the KT.

She posted a lot on the Pets forum, but also at the KT. She has the great danes and the pigs. She posted lots of pictures of her animals and always had good stories about them.

Gee I don't remember her at all Murraysmom.

I miss the woman who had 7 dogs. 4 or 5 huuuge Shepherd-like dogs and yorkies. She posted at the same time as Moonie, who has recently started posting again.

Yeah, I remember those big dogs, Jasdip--but not the woman's name. :-) Beautiful dogs!

Ok, thanks, Jasdip and Alisande. I guess she posted mostly on the Pet forum. She has/had 3 great danes and had horses and mini horses at one time, but now has several pigs that she rescued. Very entertaining. Maybe she will turn up.